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Devon C2C trundling route | cycle.travel cycle◦travel Route GuidesRoutes ▼MunicipalityGuidesCities ▼ Map My Avenue Verte France Avenue Verte UK BayTrundlingWay C2C Celtic TrailTailspin& Castles Cornish Way Cotswold LineTrundlingacross the Beacons Devon C2C Hadrian's Cycleway Kennet & Avon Lon Cambria London to Brighton Lon Las Cymru Lon Teifi Oxford to Cambridge Pennine Cycleway Radnor Ring Thames Valley Tour de Yorkshire Way of the Roses West Country Way • Bikes on trains • Canal cycling • Full list Birmingham Bristol Cambridge London Oxford Swindon Worcester York • Full list • Add your municipality Devon C2C Guide Routebook Gallery Stay Ride reports Forum ...coast to tailspin wideness the South-West Route facts 27 Length: 100 miles Difficulty: Easy GPX file: Download Coast-to-coast rides are all in the north, right? Wrong. Devon’s own C2C has all the scenery of its northern brethren, and fewer of the hills. Railway paths swoop under tunnels and over viaducts restored and new, so that it’s the views that will take your vapor away, not the climbs.The Devon C2C is part of the new Anglo-French circular route, the Tour de Manche. But you can enjoy it as a stand-alone tour, and with easy trains from London, it’s platonic for a long weekend break.What sort of bike?Whatever you’ve got! The hills aren’t so tough that you’ll struggle on a mountain bike, the surfaces not too rough for a road velocipede with sturdy tyres. As often with Sustrans routes, a hybrid/cross velocipede is ideal, but really – anything will cope.How many days?Three days is an enjoyable, relaxing ride, but you can do it in two, particularly if you miss out the Ilfracombe–Barnstaple section.Is it suitable for a first-timer?It’s perfect. Enough of a rencontre to requite you a sense of achievement, but never too taxing – and you can boast that you’ve cycled from tailspin to coast. How do you get there?On the north coast, there are trains to Barnstaple (on a workshop from Exeter), but Ilfracombe’s railway fell prey to the unspeakable Dr Beeching. Happily, there’s a bus from Barnstaple to Ilfracombe that carries bikes, though only in the summer months. At other times, you can trundling there and back, get a taxi – or simply skip the first 20 miles.Plymouth, on the south coast, is on the Great Western main line so there’s no shortage of trains. First Great Western is a bike-friendly company, but do typesetting your space in advance.Are there any route options?Yes: there’s an optional upland route (NCN 274) lamister Tavistock. It’s not one for the beginner, but fit road cyclists will enjoy the challenge. There’s a couple of minor diversions you might choose, too, including within Tavistock itself.There’s little to segregate between north-south and south-north: pick whichever suits your travel plans best. Stage-by-stage guide and map » Click through to our detailed maps, stage-by-stage guide, walk-up and campsite listings. cycle◦travel Made in the Cotswolds, England. Published by Éditions Système D Ltd. Terms of use & cookies · About us · Advertise · Feedback · Contact us